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Crossroads of Empire: The Middle Colonies in British North America
Ned C. Landsman
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Paperback. Ultimately, he argues, it was within the Middle Colonies that the question was first posed, What is the American?An insightful and valuable classroom synthesis of the scholarship of the Middle Colonies, Crossroads of Empire makes clear the vital role of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in establishing an American identity. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings, 10 black & white illustrati. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
This work examines the Middle Colonies-New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania-as a region at the center of imperial contests among competing European powers and Native American nations and at the fulcrum of an emerging British-Atlantic world of culture and trade. Ned C. Landsman traces the history of the Middle Colonies to address questions essential to understanding their role in the colonial era. He probes the concept of regionality and argues that while each territory possessed varying social, religious, and political cultures, the collective lands of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania came to function as a region because of ... Read more
This work examines the Middle Colonies-New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania-as a region at the center of imperial contests among competing European powers and Native American nations and at the fulcrum of an emerging British-Atlantic world of culture and trade. Ned C. Landsman traces the history of the Middle Colonies to address questions essential to understanding their role in the colonial era. He probes the concept of regionality and argues that while each territory possessed varying social, religious, and political cultures, the collective lands of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania came to function as a region because of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Regional Perspectives on Early America
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801897689
SKU
V9780801897689
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About Ned C. Landsman
Ned C. Landsman is a professor of history at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the author of From Colonials to Provincials and Scotland and Its First American Colony, 1683-1765.
Reviews for Crossroads of Empire: The Middle Colonies in British North America
Solid, well-sourced, and very readable. Recommended. PhiloBiblos 2011